VISTA views Messier 78

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eso_eso1635a October 5th, 2016

Credit: ESO

This richly detailed view of the star formation region Messier 78, in the constellation of Orion (The Hunter), was taken with the VISTA infrared survey telescope at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile. As well as the blue regions of reflected light from the hot young stars the image also shows streams of dark dust and the red jets emerging from stars in the process of formation.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1635a/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
M 78 Messier 78
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Type > Star Formation
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 5h 46m 43.2s
DEC = 0° 6’ 19.0”
Orientation
North is 105.0° CW
Field of View
1.2 x 0.9 degrees
Constellation
Orion

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VIRCAM) Optical (Z) 880.0 nm
Green Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VIRCAM) Infrared (Y) 1.0 µm
Red Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VIRCAM) Infrared (H) 1.7 µm
Red Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VIRCAM) Infrared (Ks) 2.2 µm
Yellow Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VIRCAM) Infrared (J) 1.3 µm
Spectrum_base
Blue
Green
Red
Red
Yellow
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ID
eso1635a
Subject Category
B.4.1.2  
Subject Name
M 78, Messier 78
Credits
ESO
Release Date
2016-10-05T12:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1635a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy, Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy, Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy, Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy, Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy
Instrument
VIRCAM, VIRCAM, VIRCAM, VIRCAM, VIRCAM
Color Assignment
Blue, Green, Red, Red, Yellow
Band
Optical, Infrared, Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
Bandpass
Z, Y, H, Ks, J
Central Wavelength
880, 1020, 1650, 2150, 1250
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
86.6797959816, 0.105267909191
Reference Dimension
12815.0, 9510.0
Reference Pixel
6407.5, 4755.0
Scale
-9.46735587268e-05, 9.46735587268e-05
Rotation
-104.98
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
6.404297851074463 6.406
Creator (Curator)
European Southern Observatory
URL
http://www.eso.org
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
State/Province
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID
eso
Resource ID
eso1635a
Metadata Date
2016-09-16T16:45:30+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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